Loyalty?
John--enjoy your Pilot--it is a great vehicle.
1st off I am an engineer in the auto industry. I have worked direct for 2 GM divisions and my 1st job out of college was Chrysler in 1976.
That said I cannot see myself buying another new GM vehicle (I currently own 4 GM vehicles). I still have GM stock which is valued at "0" and oh by the way I had Delphi stock also valued at "0". Why would I want to support a company who did not value me as a stockholder? They chose the buyout and so called precision bankruptcy and all stockholders got screwed.
The Japanese vs USA vs Korean OEM vehicle quality debate will go on--everyone has an opinion. Let the free market decide. Everybody has to decide purchases based on their own personal needs. The only way the OEMs can win is to build the best vehicle for the money available in the marketplace--not by shaming our neighbors into buying American.
A companies legacy is also measured on how it takes care of its customers, workers, retirees and shareholders. By this basis I could argue that Toyota and Honda did better than GM.
I truly hope that some day the USA owned OEM's have 80%+ market share in our country and that the vehicles, parts, dies, equipment etc are still built here. In the meantime, I will not browbeat my friends and neighbors but I will do whatever I can to design and build quality components.
John--enjoy your Pilot--it is a great vehicle.
1st off I am an engineer in the auto industry. I have worked direct for 2 GM divisions and my 1st job out of college was Chrysler in 1976.
That said I cannot see myself buying another new GM vehicle (I currently own 4 GM vehicles). I still have GM stock which is valued at "0" and oh by the way I had Delphi stock also valued at "0". Why would I want to support a company who did not value me as a stockholder? They chose the buyout and so called precision bankruptcy and all stockholders got screwed.
The Japanese vs USA vs Korean OEM vehicle quality debate will go on--everyone has an opinion. Let the free market decide. Everybody has to decide purchases based on their own personal needs. The only way the OEMs can win is to build the best vehicle for the money available in the marketplace--not by shaming our neighbors into buying American.
A companies legacy is also measured on how it takes care of its customers, workers, retirees and shareholders. By this basis I could argue that Toyota and Honda did better than GM.
I truly hope that some day the USA owned OEM's have 80%+ market share in our country and that the vehicles, parts, dies, equipment etc are still built here. In the meantime, I will not browbeat my friends and neighbors but I will do whatever I can to design and build quality components.